GIS Resources
Spatial and Numeric Data Services guide to GIS data available at the University of Calgary.
Digital Elevation Models
Calgary
- New! City of Calgary LiDAR 2m, by ATS section (at SANDS)
- City of Calgary 6.5m point spacing, by ATS section (at SANDS) | description
- processing: opening Calgary DEM files in ArcGIS10
Alberta
- Calgary Regional Partnership 2017 10m, Calgary-Chestermere download (top right)
- LiDAR 15m, by township description | download (meridian-range-township) | SANDS holdings
- processing: ArcToolbox -> Data Management Tools -> Projections -> Define Projection: UTM
- AltaLIS 10m (at SANDS), quarter 1:50k NTS grid (clipped) and province wide (seamless)
- AltaLIS raw DEMs open data, 1:20k grid
- processing: contact SANDS for instructions
- DMTI 30m, 1:50 NTS grid | download
- processing: ArcToolbox -> Conversion Tools -> ASCII to raster
- define projection: ArcToolbox -> Data Management Tools -> Projections -> Add coordinate system -> import from dem file
- ArcCanada3, province wide | download
Canada
- DMTI 30m, 1:50k NTS grid, Canadian provinces | download
- process and define: see above
- ArcCanada3, provinces | download
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Govt of Canada Geospatial Data Extraction tool
- define geographic area and download topographic and elevation data
- Canada3D - DEM of Canada, 30m and 300m
- High Resolution LiDAR DEM, 2m
United States
- USGS National Map Elevation
- OpenTopography - distributor of free high-resolution topographic data, related tools, and resources
International
- ArcticDEM an NGA-NSF public-private initiative to produce a high-resolution, digital surface model of the Arctic using optical stereo imagery, high-performance computing, and open source photogrammetry software
- ASTER (Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer)
- coverage: global, 1 arc second (30m) resolution, 1 x 1 degree tiles, geotiff format
- use USGS Earth Explorer to download
- SRTM (Shuttle Radar Topography Mission)
- coverage: latitude 57 south - 61 north, 30m resolution
- GTOPO30
- coverage: global, grid spacing of 30 arc seconds (approx 1 km)
- use USGS Earth Explorer to download
- GrindGIS
- Last Updated: Mar 16, 2018 9:12 AM
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